It’s always a nice feeling when family, friends and work colleagues start to notice a change in one’s body shape. Especially when that comes from people you haven’t seen for awhile. That usually occurs around one of the two festive seasons in the year – Christmas or Easter.
Perform 20 reps of each exercise and repeat the circuit 2 – 3 times.
Squats: Stand with feet shoulder width apart, hands straight out in front of you. Take a deep breath in and squat down keeping your head and chest up and remembering to push your hips back as if going to sit on a chair. Your weight should be going through your heels. Breathe out as you stand up.
Harley McKenzie is a typical example of the ‘quiet achiever’, one who goes about his business with a minimum of fuss, yet with 100% effort every time. And the end result, before too long, he stops and realises he has achieved so much in such a short period of time… In a nutshell, the quiet […]
The New Level Personal Training studio in the inner Geelong suburb of Newtown has undergone some major changes over the past month, coinciding with the recent full time appointment of Jen Etcell as Sales Manager/Personal Trainer. This has allowed studio owner Tonci Prusac to co-ordinate numerous other projects as well as embark on an exciting strategic development plan for the establishment, which is going to greatly benefit the studio’s ever growing clientele base.
At New Level Personal Training Newtown we believe clients deserve recognition and encouragement for their individual achievements, their tireless endeavours and ongoing commitment to achieve their personal goals. As such, we are extremely excited to announce the new CLIENT OF THE MONTH award. This award will be given each month to the client who not only meets the criteria of our well known “Results Week” but who also gives it all they have.
During this time of year many of us are working long hours in the lead up to the holiday season. It is these extra long hours in the office, sitting behind a desk and in front of a computer that can affect our posture. It is difficult to hold perfect seated posture for 8 hours a day, so we suggest you regularly remind yourself to take a break, stand up, stretch and if possible get some fresh air too! A simple trick to help remind yourself to check and work on your posture is to schedule a reminder in your Outlook program. This will pop up on your screen and give you a visual reminder to take a break. You could set this to remind you every 2 hours.
A Personal Trainer will provide you with Motivation to train and Accountability to stick to your goal. However, there are other very important reasons a Personal Trainer is beneficial whether you are a newbie to exercise or even a seasoned veteran. These are SAFETY and TECHNIQUE.
Four of New Level Personal Training’s best trainers got together and decided on their 3 best tips to Shape Up For Summer. So when we put them all together we have 12 Tips to get in shape. The tips in no particular order are:
As demonstrated by Tonci from New Level Personal Training (Newtown, Geelong) in the video above, the Kettlebell Swing is a fantastic exercise for strengthening and toning the legs. As this exercise is quite ballistic you need to ensure your form and technique is correct otherwise injury can occur. This is why having the direction and […]
As Tonci nicely demonstrates in the video clip above, Tabata Training can give you maximum results in minimum time. Tabata training is a typically used with Resistance Exercises using weights building muscle endurance, and increasing the anaerobic capacity. The Tabata Training formula for success is: Push hard for 20 seconds Rest for 10 seconds Repeat […]
